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610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este
1634 Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaeao"
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established
1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown
1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
1664 France and Saksen sign alliance
1672 France declares war on Netherlands
1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
1727 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr.
1789 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City
1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed
1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
1849 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris
1859 U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform
1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band"
1886 City of Vancouver BC incorporated
1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
1890 French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated
1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
1909 1st credit union forms in US
1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight
1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1931 1st Scottsboro trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more
1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact
1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific
1941 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces
1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II
1943 British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis
1945 Coevorden freed from nazis
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1947 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
1947 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win
1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit
1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1957 New York City ends trolley car service
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
1959 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win
1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances
1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1979 Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 Post It Notes, introduced
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records

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